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Mar. 27th, 2015 08:44 pmDid the Friday evening shift, so I get tomorrow off, and a three day weekend! Yay! I did not get a lot done, boo, because JeanMarie asked me to slow down giving her things to put away. (The majority of the backlog is archival.) While I spent a decent amount of time futzing around on the internet, I also investigated grants to get necessary PastPerfect updates (they only have it on one computer, it's madness) and worked on writing for a "mini-grant".
Around 7:30 I decided to go look at the dress room because why not? Pulled up the 1840s dress I thought might be a costume, and I'm about 99% sure it's not. It's just in fantastic condition. Wool, slightly crepey, printed with chiné pink flower-blobs on an apple-green background. Fan front, belled sleeves. Just gorgeous.
Last night I made a loaf of ricotta whole wheat olive oil bread with this recipe, plus some sunflower and flax seeds thrown in while I was kneading. It has a bit of a funny taste to it, but it's so nice and soft compared to my last whole wheat loaf (which didn't even really rise). I also let the dough sit a while before I started kneading, which I've read lets the whole wheat flour absorb more water.
I finished Raising Steam today when I popped home for a short break around three. I've been holding off writing about it until I finished. It feels awful to have such a low opinion of it - I mean, I started reading it on the day Pterry died - but it was so aggressively dull. (I'm assuming Pratchett dictated the book, but some people have suggested it was ghostwritten.) ( cut for spoilers I guess but I think I'm the last person to read it )
Why does it have an average of four stars? The five star reviews seem to be real ones. My only thought is that there are a lot of loyal/pitying people there.
I hate Vimes now. After this, and Snuff, I'm not even sure I could reread a Watch book. IDK, maybe I will try to see if I hate him less in Guards! Guards! But what I really want to reread is a Susan book, several Witches books
Around 7:30 I decided to go look at the dress room because why not? Pulled up the 1840s dress I thought might be a costume, and I'm about 99% sure it's not. It's just in fantastic condition. Wool, slightly crepey, printed with chiné pink flower-blobs on an apple-green background. Fan front, belled sleeves. Just gorgeous.
Last night I made a loaf of ricotta whole wheat olive oil bread with this recipe, plus some sunflower and flax seeds thrown in while I was kneading. It has a bit of a funny taste to it, but it's so nice and soft compared to my last whole wheat loaf (which didn't even really rise). I also let the dough sit a while before I started kneading, which I've read lets the whole wheat flour absorb more water.
I finished Raising Steam today when I popped home for a short break around three. I've been holding off writing about it until I finished. It feels awful to have such a low opinion of it - I mean, I started reading it on the day Pterry died - but it was so aggressively dull. (I'm assuming Pratchett dictated the book, but some people have suggested it was ghostwritten.) ( cut for spoilers I guess but I think I'm the last person to read it )
Why does it have an average of four stars? The five star reviews seem to be real ones. My only thought is that there are a lot of loyal/pitying people there.
I hate Vimes now. After this, and Snuff, I'm not even sure I could reread a Watch book. IDK, maybe I will try to see if I hate him less in Guards! Guards! But what I really want to reread is a Susan book, several Witches books
